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I am finally back at home and just in time to share one last minute Cinco de Mayo recipe. A while ago a friend mentioned that Rick Bayless has a salsa that has olives in it and I was immediately taken by the idea with images of salsa verde with green olives dancing in my head. I am a big fan of fresh homemade salsa verde and I was thinking that adding olives to it would only add to the complexity of its flavour and to its robustness and I figured that Cinco de Mayo was the perfect time to try it out.

For the recipe I went with my regular salsa verde recipe and added some green olives. I like to roast the tomatillos and the jalapenos in the salsa but I prefer the texture that the fresh onions add and the pungency that the fresh garlic adds so I use them raw instead of roasting them as well. This recipe is pretty much as easy as roasting the tomatillos and the jalapenos, pureeing everything in a food processor and then you are good to dig in!

I am definitely glad that I tried adding the green olives to salsa verde as the combination is magical! Before I knew it I was already halfway done the first batch, decimating it with tortilla chips and snacking, and there was still something else that I wanted to do with it!

I was pretty sure that the green olive salsa verde would be excellent with fish and I decided to serve it over some cilantro lime grilled halibut (see below) on a bed of cilantro lime rice along with aside of jalapeno refried beans and guacamole. As it turns out the the green olive salsa verde is excellent with fish and it made for one truly tasty meal that I will definitely be doing again!

Absolutely love the sound of this green olive salsa verde - I've never bought tomatillos before but have always wanted to make something with them and this sounds perfect. Just shared this recipe on my blog in a roundup where I share my favorite recipe finds from the web : ))

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I came to realize that my meals were boring and that I had been eating the same few dishes over and over again for years. It was time for a change! I now spend my free time searching for, creating and trying tasty new recipes in my closet sized kitchen.